Traffic stripe machine



Jan. 7, 1.936. 5. J. DALTON TRAFFIC STRIPE MACHINE Filed April 10, 1935s sheets-sheet 1' AT ORN EY Jan. 7, 1936. 5. J. DALTON TRAFFIC STRIPEMACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 10, 1935 INVENTOR ATTOR N EY 5. J.DALTON 2,02

TRAFFIC STRIPE MACHINE Filed April 10, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTORATTORNEY Patented Jan. 7, 1936 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFEE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a machine especially adapted for placingmarkings or stripes on road or street surfaces to indicate traffic lanesor other trailic regulations and has for the primary object theprovision of a. device of this character which will during its movementover a road or street clean a selected area of the surface of said roadand apply thereto bituminous material and an aggregate, sand stone,gravel or slag, and roll or compress said materials to form the desiredmarking which may be seen for a considerable distance both day and nightand is durable and not easily defaced, marred or worn off by traflic.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and. claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description'and accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a side elevation illustrating a ma chine constructed in accordancewith my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view illustrating the same.

Figure 3 is a front elevation illustrating the device.

Figure 4 is a rear elevation illustrating the device.

This machine is to be propelled or moved over a road surface in any wellknown manner and consists of a main frame I mounted on front and rearwheels 2 and 3. The axle of the front wheels 2 is indicated by thecharacter 4 and is of the steering type actuated through themanipulation of a hand lever 5. The rear axle assembly for the rearwheels 3 is indicated by the character 6 and includes the usualdifferential which in this case is connected to a shaft 1 extendingforwardly from the differential and geared to a power shaft 8. The powershaft is suitably journaled to the main frame I and arrangedtransversely thereof. The power shaft 8 is employed for driving variousdevices mounted upon the main frame by the forward motion of the machineover the road.

Mounted upon the forward portion of the main frame I is a tank or kettle9 to receive bituminous or other similar materials-and the latter iskept at a desired temperature by heat derived from a suitable burner I0supplied with liquid fuel from a supply source II mounted on the frameI. A pump I2 of any desired construction is mounted in the tank orkettle 9 and its intake has a pipe I3 which extends into the bituminousor like material in the tank or kettle while the outlet of the pump isequipped with a pipe I4 extending downwardly and rearwardly with respectto the tank or kettle and carries at its lower end a nozzle 5,

- 55 located in close proximity to the road surface.

The pump is driven by drive shaft 8 by a sprocket chain I6 and sprocketgears I'I.

Rotatably supported by the frame I forwardly of the nozzle I is a brushor broom I8 normally l0 contacting the road surface and which may beraised from the road surface by a hand lever 30. The brush or broom isrotated by the drive shaft 8, the latter being connected to the brush orbroom by a sprocket chain I9 and sprocket gears 20.

A comparatively large container 2| is mounted upon the rear portion ofthe frame I in which sand, stone, gravel, slag or like material may beplaced. The container 2| is in communication with the worm type conveyor22 having the discharge end 23 located rearwardly of and in alignmentwith the nozzle I5. The conveyor is connected to the drive shaft 8 by asprocket chain 24 and sprocket gears 25. 7

An operators seat 26 is carried by the container 2| and is locatedadjacent the steering lever 5. Secured to the frame I rearwardly of theconveyor 23 is a spreader 2'! spaced a desired distance from the surfaceof the road.

In operation, the machine is moved forwardly over a road in any desiredmanner and an area of the surface of the road or street has loosematerials removed therefrom by the brush or broom I8. The bituminousmaterial is discharged 85 by the nozzle I 5 rearwardly of the brush orbroom to form a stripe or marking of a desired width. The aggregate ormineral material in the container 2| is discharged onto the bituminousmaterial on the road by the worm conveyor 23. The aggregate or mineralmaterial is evened by the spreader 21. One of the rear wheels 3 isdisposed in alignment with the spreader 2'! and is in the form of aroller for the purpose of rolling the aggregate or mineral material intothe bituminous material. Thus it will be seen that a very efficientmarking is provided on the surface of the roadway easily and quicklywith a minimum employment of manual labor and is capable of withstandingsevere wear from traffic and may be seen or observed from a considerabledistance both day and night.

A water supply tank 28 is carried by the con- 'tainer 2i and has adischarge nozzle 29 disposed over the roller type rear wheel of themachine A;

for the purpose of keeping said wheel moistened to prevent the materialsdeposited on the surface of the road or street from adhering thereto.The water may be controlled through the nozzle in any desired manner.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A machine comprising a portable frame, a tank or kettle mounted onthe frame for containing and heating bituminous material, a rotatablebrush or broom carried by the main frame to engage the surface of theroad to clean an area of the surface of said road, a pump connected inthe tank or kettle to obtain bituminous material therefrom, a dischargenozzle connected to the pump and arranged rearwardly of the brushand inclose proximity to the surface of the road to apply the bituminousmaterial in strip formation to the surface of the road, means carried bythe frame to apply to the surface of the road within the bituminousmaterial an aggregate or mineral material, and a spreader carried by themain frame to even the aggregate or mineral material deposited on thesurface of the road, a roller carried by the main frame and acting as awheel therefor and to compress the materials deposited on the surface ofthe road.

2. A machine comprising a portable frame, a tank or kettle mounted onthe frame for containing and heating bituminous material, a rotatablebrush or broom carried by the main frame to engage the surface of theroad to clean an 5 area of the surface of said road, a pump connected inthe tank or kettle to obtain bituminous material therefrom, a dischargenozzle connected to the pump and arranged rearwardly of the brush orbroom and in close proximity to the surface of the road to apply thebituminous material in strip formation to the surface of the road, meanscarried by the frame to apply to the surface of the road within thebituminous material an aggregate or mineral material, a spreader carriedby the main frame to even the aggregate or mineral material deposited onthe surface of the road, a roller carried by the main frame and actingas a wheel therefor and to compress the materials deposited on thesurface of the road, and means for applying water to the periphery ofthe roller to prevent the materials on the surface of the road fromadhering to the roller.

SAMUEL J. DALTON.

